Curtain-pole support



(No Model.)

H. J. GILBERT. CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

No. 448,175. Patented De0.23,1890.

ZMKW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. GILBERT, OF SAGINAlV, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN-POLE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,175, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed August 4, 1890. Serial No. 360,854. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. GILBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Supports, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in a novel adjustable bracket for supporting curtain-poles, by which the pole and curtain may be supported at greater or less distance from the wall and be readily adjusted in the desired posit-ion. Its novelty will be herein set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my novel brackets adjusted to support the curtain-pole at its greatest distance from the wall. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same adjusted to support the curtain-pole nearer the wall. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section through the dot ted line 00 a: of Fig. 2, showing the face of the clip or holder which supports the bracket. Fig. 4 represents a modification in the form of the bracket and holder. Fig. 5 represents a modified form of holder for the brackets shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The bracket A is preferably formed of a single strip of sheet metal, such as brass, and bent to the general shape shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The opposite ends of the strip are fastened together near their outer ends, the lower one projecting a short distance beyond the upper one and being bent into proper shape to receive the cylindrical curtain-pole B. At its inner end the bracket is bent into a substantially cylindrical form. This curved portion of the bracket fits in a holder 0, which supports the bracket.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the holder is shown as composed of two pieces a b, the former being secured to the wall by tacks or nails 0, driven through holes in its central portion, (see Fig. 2,) and the latter fitting over it and secured to the wall by screws (1, passed through its laterallyprojecting ears and corresponding ones on the piece a. The inner face of this outer piece of the holder is shaped to conform to the curve of the bracket, which is confined between the two parts of the holder, while the inner piece has projections e at its upper and lower ends,between which and the inner face of the piece Z9 the curved bracket is guided. In placing the brackets in position the piece a of the holder is first fastened to the wall and the outer piece I) then placed over it, with the bracket between them, and secured to the wall by the screws cl, thereby clamping the bracket in any position in which it. may be placed. By loosening the screws d the bracket is allowed to turn in the holder, so that the body of the bracket may be moved to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1, or be moved toward a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the curtain may be adjusted and supported at any desired distance from the wall. \Vhen the bracket is in a horizontal position, the curtain is held farthest from the wall, as is often desirable where inside shutters to a window are used.

In Fig. 5 the holder 0 is composed of an attaching-plate g and two side plates 72, preferably cast integral or formed from a single piece of sheet metal. The curved end of the bracket fits snugly between the side plates h, and is confined in the holder by two screws 2' t'. These two screws are located at such distance from the plate 9 of the holder, according to the curve of the bracket, that the rear sides of the screws and the front side of the plate will afford a snug guideway for the bracket, as shown by the dotted lines. The screws 't t' are threaded only at their ends opposite their heads, so that when they are tightened up the sides h h are drawn toward each other and the bracket is clamped be tween them and firmly held in any position to which it may be adjusted. By slightly loosening the screws the bracket will be re leased sufficiently to allow it to be moved to a different adjustment, where it may be clamped by tightening up the screws again. It is of course evident that bolts having nuts applied to their threaded ends may be employed instead of the screws 1 i for clamping the bracket between the sides of the holder.

In Fig. at I have shown a modification in the construction of the bracket and holder. The bracket A is not formed of a single piece of metal and its inner end is not made to slide in a curved guideway in the holder. Its circular inner end is fluted, as shown, and arranged to fit two pinsjj, connecting the two side plates of the holder. The bracket is hung on the upper pin and rests against the front side of the lower one, as shown, so that the bracket may be adjusted in the holder to support the curtain at any desired distance from the Wall, as before explained. The curtain-pole support at the outer end of the bracket in Fig. 4 is also somewhat different from that in Figs. 1 and 2. The lower piece of the bracket is extended farther out beyond the point of attachment to the upper piece and is bent into a reverse curve, as shown. This permits curtain-poles of different sizes to be supported by the bracket and snugly held in place by the spring-pressure of the outer end of the lower piece of the bracket.

The holder shown in Fig. 5 and the bracket shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are the forms I prefer; but my invention is not limited to the particular form of either the bracket or holder, but contemplates, broadly, the combination of a holder and a bracket adjustable therein in the inannerand for the purpose described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- 1. The herein-described curtain-pole support, consisting of the bracket A and holder 0, the bracket having a curved inner end fittin g and adjustable in a corresponding guideway in the holder, and the holder being provided with means for clamping the bracket in its adjusted positions, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the holder 0, consisting of the attaching-plate g, side plates h h, and screws 2' i, with the bracket A, having the curved inner end fitting between the side plates h h and confined by the screwst' 11, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The herein-described bracket A, composed of a strip of sheet metal bent to form the curved inner end of the bracket and havin g one of its ends extended beyond the other and shaped to receive the curtain-pole at the outer end of the bracket, in combination with the holder 0, which receives and confines the inner curved end of the bracket, substantially as and for the purpose described.

HENRY J. GILBERT.

Witnesses: R. C. BUEHLER, SUsIE B. CORNELL. 

